Originally Posted by stevo
I nod my head in disappointment for 90 percent of the 'how do I' posts.
Its just a bike!!! take it apart and figure it out. Every 9 year-old kid in my day could figure it out; certainly not rocket science.
Sure, but don't overlook the fact that most of us have day jobs-- if I'm at the computer typing a question about bike parts, I'm probably at a desk in some godawful office complex, chained to a PC and a coffee mug, not a work stand and a wrench. But..one can dream!
Hence, a good number of questions arise. Would I answer them all myself if I had the time or money? Yes, 98% of them would be figured out with elbow grease, trial and error and trips to the LBS. Looking stuff up in a repair book or searching the web would come next, and then trying to bother some forum folks halfway accross the country.
So there. Questions are interesting.